Container throughput of Global Ports down 1.3% to 1.35 mln TEUs in HI’14

In the first half of 2013, container throughput of Global Ports declined by 1.3%, year-on-year, to 1,355 thousand TEUs. Container throughput of Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company climbed by 9%, that of the terminals in FInalnd – by 16%, ULCT – by 146%. However, Petrolesport and First Container Terminal at Big Port St. Petersburg saw a decline of 10%. 

Global Ports Investments PLC is the leading operator of container terminals in the Russian market.

Global Ports’ terminals are located in the Baltic and Far East Basins, key regions for foreign trade cargo flows. Global Ports operates five container terminals in Russia (Petrolesport, First Container Terminal, Ust-Luga Container Terminal and Moby Dik in the Russian Baltics, and Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company in the Russian Far East) and two container terminals in Finland³ (Multi-Link Terminals Helsinki and Multi-Link Terminals Kotka). Global Ports also owns inland container terminals Yanino Logistics Park and Logistika-Terminal, both located in the vicinity of St. Petersburg, and has a 50% stake in the major oil product terminal AS Vopak E.O.S. in Estonia.

Global Ports’ major shareholders are Transportation Investments Holding Limited (operating under the brand name of N-Trans), one of the largest private transportation and infrastructure groups in Russia (30.75%), and APM Terminals B.V. (30.75%).

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